Improvement in carriage-tops



UNITED STATES PANT FFIE.

ALPHA GILBERT, OF LODI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR RIAGE-TOPS.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,658, datedSeptember 14, 1875; application filed July 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALPHA W. GILBERT, ofLodi, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented certain.new and useful Improvements in' Carriage-Tops; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference be'- ing had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specication.

My invention relates to an improvement in carriage-tops.

Figure l is a side elevation of myiuvention 5 Fig. 2, a front elevationof saine.

Myinvention consists of the following parts and combinations, ashereinafter specified and claimed, wherein A is the seat of a wagon,

upon which, at a, is hinged or swung thesingle bow B, carrying the rigidtop or canopy C. At the junction of thev canopy-frame C and bow B areplaced the props D, which are made to extend out a sufcient distance,.for the purpose which will hereinafter more fully appear. Between theprops D D and the pivot a of the seat A are placed the jointed braces EE, each pivoted with a single joint, e, opening backward.

The parts, as hereinbeforel described, may be constructed of anysuitable material,and of any preferred design.

In operation, when the top is turned back' the lower arm c of thejointed brace E impinges against the prop D, and aifords a rest to thecanopy C. Upon the proportion to each other of the relative lengthsofthe sections e' c of the jointed brace E will obviously depend thedistance which the canopy C will be permitted to fall before beingarrested.

By my device and arrangement I accomplish an extremely simple, light,and durable 1. As an improvement in supports for car!4 riage-tops, thesingle continuous bow B, pivoted at each end to the seat, and rigidlysecured at the top on each side to the central portion of the sides ofthe rigid canopy-frame C C', in combination with single-jointed brace E,pivoted to the frame O at the junction of the frameand bow, and to therear of the seat, as

and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with the single continuous arched support or bow B andsinglehinged brace E, the rigid canopy-frame composed of double archedor curved sides G, made in one section, and cross-bars C', rigidlys'ecured at its central portion to the bow B, as vand for'the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHA -W. GILBERT.

